On March 8, the local group "Christians Witnessing for Palestine" will urge shoppers at Wegmans to boycott the product SodaStream, a device for making carbonated soda at home. This is part of an international, interfaith boycott of SodaStream to show solidarity with the Palestinian people and to call attention to the illegality of the manufacture of SodaStream.

SodaStream is made in an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank (Palestine), so although it is labeled "Made in Israel," it is not. All the Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal and violate international law.

In 2012, the United Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to boycott all products made in these Israeli settlements in the West Bank. One of those products is SodaStream. Perhaps when people learn where SodaStream is made, they will join this boycott. Learn more at StopSodaStream.org.

REV. CAROLYN GROHMAN

GREECE

Retired Presbyterian minister and member of Christians Witnessing for Palestine